Players Bar & Grill

Some friends decided to go to their favorite watering hole, Players, after we had sushi at Kanpai one night.  My husband and I decided to go with them and check out what they had deemed "the coolest little divey punk bar in Bend".  

And they were right--Players IS a divey little bar.  When you first walk in, there is a pool table in the middle of the room.  In the back left corner is the wooden bar, reminiscent of the Elks Lodge bar I used to frequent back in my college days in Flagstaff, AZ.  The rest of the room is scattered with formica tables, vinyl 70's dinette chairs and  a few well-worn booths.  

This is the wonderful simplicity of Players.  It's casual, it's comfortable, it's free of pretense.  It's just a fun little dimly-lit dive bar where people drink cheap beer and chain smoke Parliaments.  It isn't spendy, it isn't trendy--it's the perfect bar to just hang out as you are.  So if you like doing the dive bar thing every now and then and don't mind the smoke, head on over to Players.  And if you bring your iPod, they'll hook it up to the stereo and let you play dj.